Getting in Formation: Working Together to Build Healthy Communities

From breakout sessions to quick takes and wellness activities to two inspiring plenary sessions, every corner during day two of the Grantmakers In Health (GIH) Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy, Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Health was filled with conversation and connection. The day’s agenda focused on how funders can find and use their voices to stand up in this moment of change, including doubling down on their values; taking bigger, bolder risks alongside grantees; and seeking partnerships spanning the private and public sectors.

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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Health in Action

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Health is more than this year’s Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy theme; it is the foundation for every planned session, unexpected learning moment, and conversation in Baltimore from June 8-11. The pre-conference kicked off with a range of discussions centered on the theme, including the state of Medicaid after H.R. 1, the connection between democracy and better health outcomes, and collaborations in public health funding.

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Health Philanthropy Working at the Intersections Between Critical Issues

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Health is more than this year’s Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy theme; it is the foundation for every planned session, unexpected learning moment, and conversation in Baltimore from June 8-11. The pre-conference kicked off with a range of discussions centered on the theme, including the state of Medicaid after H.R. 1, the connection between democracy and better health outcomes, and collaborations in public health funding.

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GIH Health Policy Update Newsletter

An Exclusive Resource for Funding Partners

The Health Policy Update is a newsletter produced in collaboration with Leavitt Partners and Trust for America’s Health. Drawing on GIH’s policy priorities outlined in our policy agenda and our strategic objective of increasing our policy and advocacy presence, the Health Policy Update provides GIH Funding Partners with a range of federal health policy news.

GIH Announces New Board Members

Ned Calonge, Nichole Maher, Elena Marks, Patricia Mathews, Donald Moulds, and David Rousseau have been elected to the GIH board of directors. Their terms begin immediately after the GIH annual conference in March.

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Recipe for In-Clinic Nutrition Education

When The Colorado Health Foundation began funding in the healthy living space in 2007, staff saw nutrition education as an avenue to encourage the consumption of healthy foods.

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Transforming Philanthropy through Relationships

In the fall of 2014, the third cohort of the Terrance Keenan Institute for Emerging Leaders in Health Philanthropy came together and reached a provocative conclusion: the social capital of grantmakers may be as valuable as grant funding.

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Sparking a Patient Activation Movement

The Jewish Healthcare Foundation believes that a great health care consumer awakening is upon us. Read this Views from the Field on how a patient activation movement could lead to a health revolution and transform population health.

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Help All Children Grow Up at a Healthy Weight

Nearly a decade ago, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation set an ambitious goal for itself and for the nation: reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015.

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Bagels, Pasta, and Pajamas: Importing Ideas to Build a Culture of Health

In this Views from the Field, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shares how it’s exploring and learning from promising approaches from other countries.

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